To J. L. Hawkins 23 December 1880
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. (Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.)
December 23d 80
Dear Sir
I am much obliged for your very courteous note & kindness in sending me a correction.1 I was not at all aware that cats avoided certain species of mice, though I knew that they would not eat shrews. Perhaps Col. Newman was mistaken.2 Should I ever again correct the Origin, (which is not very likely) I would modify the passage.—3
I remain | Dear Sir | Yours faithfully & obliged | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Newman, Henry Wenman. 1851. On the habits of the Bombinatrices. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London n.s. 1: 86–92, 109–12, 116–18.
Origin 6th ed.: The origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. 6th edition, with additions and corrections. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872.
Origin: On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1859.
Summary
Thanks for information about cats avoiding certain species of mice.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12932F
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Luther Hawkins
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Private collection
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12932F,” accessed on 2 October 2023, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12932F.xml
